Sprint: This champion is a bit weird

Chapter 289 Powell tied the world record!

"Set——"

"Snapped--!"

A loud slap echoed in the narrow room.

On the track that can only accommodate four people, two sturdy figures, one tall and one short, powerfully push off from the starting blocks.

Accompanied by a burst of hurried footsteps, two figures rushed past and soon slowed down and arrived at the end of the runway, which was less than 100 meters away.

"Not bad, Wen's start and run transitions are much smoother than last week!"

After recalling the details of Wen Hao's actions in his mind, Renault's brows relaxed immediately. He turned to look at Li Qing, who was also looking happy beside him: "This is a good sign. I think it's not far from Morris Greene's world record being broken."

Li Qing nodded: "He has always been good at mobilizing his competitive state. Now that the technical problems have been basically solved, breaking the record is just a matter of time."

As they were talking, Wen Hao and Su Bingtian had already leisurely walked back to the starting point.

"Coach Renault? When did you get here? You weren't here when we were getting ready to start running just now."

"Hey, I just arrived too. I rushed here as soon as I got off the plane."

"Why don't you stay in Florida and follow up on your training?"

"The winter training for you guys is coming to an end. The remaining training content is the same as before. Just have Coach Yuan to keep an eye on it." Renault said with a smile.

"On the contrary, you are in better and better competitive form now, and you look like you are ready to break the world record at any time. As a coach who has contributed to your technical improvement, I can't miss this moment of witnessing history!"

Renault's words were sincere, and it was indeed as he said, as a coach, the most desired thing in his career is to witness the athletes he coach break records and win honors.

Especially since Wenhao is currently challenging a world record that has stood for 9 years!

"But there is one thing you need to pay attention to." Renault changed the subject. "What is certain is that based on the various indicators you have shown in winter training and your increasingly sophisticated technical mastery, breaking the world record is indeed a high probability event."

"But the burden on your body's function to get into competitive shape early in the indoor season cannot be ignored, so if the next series of indoor events go well, I think you need to delay your outdoor season progress."

Wen Hao clearly understood what Renault was talking about.

No matter how well you perform in indoor competitions, you will eventually have to return to outdoor competitions.

As a track and field athlete, especially a sprinter, the real battlefield is always the bustling large stadium that can accommodate tens of thousands of spectators.

Although both are world-class competitions, the popularity and influence of the World Athletics Championships are far from that of the Summer Olympics, not to mention the World Indoor Athletics Championships that he is preparing for.

In fact, for Wenhao himself, it is not necessary to participate in the World Indoor Championships. The main reason why he chooses to prepare for indoor competitions is because there is always a huge rock hanging over his head, reminding him all the time to seize every opportunity to improve himself!
However, as Renault said, if this high-intensity indoor season is completed as planned, then the body's functions will inevitably be damaged, which will put a burden on the body's health.

For the sake of the Yanjing Olympics at home, he'd better delay the progress of the outdoor season.

Like last year, Wenhao went to Osaka in early May to start the outdoor season, and then traveled to Eugene, New York in the United States and various parts of Europe, experiencing more than a dozen large and small high-level international competitions, and he showed excellent competitive state in almost every game.

But that was based on the premise that we were still participating in the Asian Games in December of the previous year, which led to the postponement of winter training, so we directly gave up the indoor season.

The situation has changed this year, and the schedules for the indoor and outdoor seasons need to be redesigned based on the current situation.

"Good suggestion. I have indeed thought about this question before. Besides," Wen Hao paused for two seconds, turned to Li Qing and said, "It just so happens that I have been considering whether to release a Chinese album. If I return to China after the (Indoor) World Championships, the timing will be just right."

"In addition, the organizing committee of the Beijing Olympics is also communicating with me, hoping that I can participate in the recording of the theme song for the 100-day countdown celebration of the Olympics, and also asked me if I can write a few songs to be included in the Olympic special album."

As the Beijing Olympics approaches, all relevant departments are working intensively to push forward the preparations for the Olympics.

As for the musical works that could have emerged for the Yenching Olympics, such as "You and Me" and "Yanjing Welcomes You", Wenhao believed that his own musical "creation" style was totally incompatible, so he had no intention of intercepting them.

However, given his fame and influence at home and abroad, he could not avoid participating in the recording of the theme song for the 100-day countdown celebrations to the Olympics.

If the relevant timeline has not changed, the Beijing Olympic opening theme song "Work No. 23" "You and Me", originally named "Forever Family", has now been designated as a key recommended song in the special report on the theme song collection and selection.

The song "Yanjing Welcomes You" has probably not been officially created yet, but the time is almost up. Anyway, Wenhao will definitely not be able to avoid recording the theme song for the 100-day countdown celebration of the Olympic Games.

As for the Olympic special album, it is even more difficult to shirk this responsibility, because this album has been contracted by EMI Records, and even the album name has been decided - "EMI 2008 Olympic Glory".

It has been confirmed that this album will include "Track and Field Songs" by Hu Yanbing, Liu Xiang and others, and is preparing to invite artists and groups such as Cai Yilin, Tao Gigi, and the "Kuei" Band to participate.

As Wen Hao has become the "No. 1 in EMI", he has to take the lead in the charge.

In addition to the preparations for the Olympics, Wenhao himself also wanted to give back to his fans at home.

After all, the three singles and one album he released in succession after "Chasing Dreams" were all in English, and his domestic fans have been eagerly waiting for them.

Li Qing shook his head helplessly: "As for music, if you have thought it through and want to do it, I can't say anything. Anyway, you have always been a man of your own ideas. Once you decide to do something, even ten cows can't stop you."

"As for training and competition, you are very self-aware and don't need me to supervise you. Anyway, I still say the same thing, as long as your competition results reach the preset goals, I will not care about your private life and side jobs."

As a coach, Li Qing's coaching philosophy is very open-minded. He does not like to use the old-fashioned Chinese education style to treat his disciples, but instead teaches them in accordance with their personalities.

Wenhao also has a playful personality, and although he plays more wildly, as long as he stands on the training ground or enters the gym, he will immediately devote himself to it and consciously complete the training targets given by the coach.

On the contrary, Zhang Peimeng, who was not so playful, always had the idea of ​​being lazy during training, so Li Qing spent a lot of effort to supervise him, otherwise this guy might still be standing still at the level of 10 seconds.

Compared with Zhang Peimeng, Li Qing prefers calm and spiritual young people like Su Bingtian, who are easy to teach and will not progress too quickly like Wen Hao due to his talent, to the point where he cannot keep up with the theory.

"Don't worry, coach. When have I ever let you down?" Wen Hao smiled and pulled Su Bingtian to finish the morning training. In the afternoon, the Millrose Indoor Games were coming.
While wiping sweat and changing clothes in the lounge, although Wen Hao didn't chat, his eyes would still fall on Su Bingtian from time to time.

He was thinking about something.

The scene of winning three gold medals at last year's Osaka World Championships is still vivid in our minds, but it is obviously extremely difficult to replicate the miracle of winning three gold medals at the Yanjing Olympics this year.

Not to mention whether he can beat Bolt in the 100m and 200m, his chances of winning the 4x100m are obviously much smaller than the chances of winning a single event.

There's nothing we can do about it. Who can blame the Jamaican band for being so invincible in overall strength?
But it doesn’t mean that you don’t need to work hard just because the chances are slim.

On the contrary, as the strength of the team members, especially Su Bingtian, Zhang Peimeng and Lao Yi, continues to improve, the record of China's men's 4×100m relay will obviously not continue to stay at 37 seconds.

With the rise of the Jamaican team, the honor of winning the men's 4x100m gold medal at the Osaka World Championships will eventually become a thing of the past for the Chinese team.

We should look forward to everything. Even if we know it is difficult to compete with the Jamaican band, we should still try our best.

What's more, isn't there an American team?
If nothing unexpected happens, the US relay team at this year's Yanjing Olympics will definitely include Wallace Spielmont, Tyson Gay and Walter Dix. As for who the other main player will be, Wen Hao is not very clear.

But he knows one thing: compared with their individual performances, those seemingly strong American sprinters often don't perform very well in relays.

The selection mechanism of the U.S. National Track and Field Team should be blamed for this, because the time left for them to adjust to each other after the trials is usually less than two months, and the team members have to take time out to participate in competitions and earn money to support themselves during this period.

So, it may be really difficult for the Jamaican team to win, but it is not a fantasy to try hard to defeat the American team this year!

To achieve this goal, in addition to improving individual strength and honing handover techniques, it is also necessary to maximize the strengths of the team members.

In simple terms, there is still room for improvement in the baton-laying order of the relay team.

As for Su Bingtian, it seems that he is not so suitable for the third baton.
February 2, 2:15 pm, Madison Square Garden.

"Stop listening to music and get ready to warm up."

Li Qing patted Wenhao, who was lying on the stretcher and immersed in the world of music with headphones on, and reminded him.

"Okay, let's start warming up and get excited!" Wenhao took off his headphones very obediently, stood up, twisted his body, looked around and asked, "Where's Bingtian? Wasn't he still here just now?"

"He went to the bathroom." Li Qing said with a smile, "He told me not to do any psychological counseling for him, but when he thought about competing with Blake again, he became nervous unconsciously. So this kid drank a lot of water after lunch, and now it's time for him to let off some steam."

"Hehe, this guy..." Wen Hao couldn't help but shake his head and laugh when he heard that.

"By the way, there's some news coming from Europe. I thought about it and decided to tell you about it."

"Europe?" Wen Hao was stunned for a moment, then thought: "Is it related to Lawrence?"

The 2008 Laureus World Sports Awards will be held on February 2 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Wen Hao also received an invitation from the Laureus Awards Ceremony Committee yesterday and will be leaving for Europe soon.

Li Qing shook his head: "It's not Lawrence, it's that the world record for men's 60 meters has just been tied."

"Powell?" Wen Hao subconsciously expressed his guess.

"Well, in Germany, at the just concluded Stuttgart Indoor Grand Prix, 6 seconds has been confirmed by the IAAF."

This sudden news was a little surprising at first, but Wenhao soon felt relieved.

Although it was unexpected, it was also reasonable.

原时空当中，莫里斯·格林6秒39的世界纪录要一直等到2018年，才会被美国的短跑超新星——克里斯蒂安·科尔曼以6秒37的成绩刷新。

But this does not mean that no one before Coleman can surpass Maurice Green's 6 seconds.

Among the five 60m runners, Bolt and Powell in their peak condition definitely have the ability. Gay, Blake and Gatlin also have a very good chance, but they do not attach importance to the indoor m event.

In this era, apart from him and Powell, only Bolt can threaten Maurice Green's 6 seconds.

But the 100 meters is actually just Bolt's secondary event. His real main event is the 200 meters. In the original time and space, he had never run a 60-meter race. Wenhao also remembered that he said in an interview that he had no interest in the 60-meter world record.

Therefore, the person who tied the 60-meter world record mentioned by Li Qing can only be Powell.

如果没记错的话，原时空当中鲍威尔的室内60米PB应该是6秒44，看似距离6秒39还有一定的差距，但鲍威尔的室内60米PB却是在2016年跑出来的。

Powell's strength had long since declined in 2016, and he couldn't even get into the top three in the Jamaican Olympic trials. He was only selected for the relay team based on his sophisticated handover skills and qualifications, and "mixed" an Olympic relay gold medal.

"If it were someone else, I would definitely not tell you this news at this time, but you are different. The players competing with you today are no longer able to stimulate you. I have to use some extra drastic measures, haha."

Wenhao also smiled in agreement, saying that Li Qing really knew him well enough.

In today's game, although there are strong players like Richard Thompson by his side, and the future "Five Tigers" Blake unexpectedly joins, their strength is still a little lacking and cannot fully inspire his proud competitive spirit.

On the contrary, Powell, although separated from him by the Atlantic Ocean, was unable to compete on the same field.

But just hearing the news that Powell tied the world record was enough to make his blood boil.

"Looking at you, you must be extremely hungry and thirsty, right?" Seeing the excitement on Wenhao's face, Li Qing knew that he had achieved his goal.

"Of course, it's only 6 seconds, let's do it!"

(End of this chapter)